Teenager killed in car collision on Centenary Highway, west of Brisbane – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Teenager killed in car collision on Centenary Highway, west of Brisbane
Updated August 26, two thousand seventeen 14:22:06
A 19-year-old teenager has been killed in a flamy car crash on the Centenary Highway in the early hours of Saturday at Ripley, west of Brisbane.
The youthfull man was killed when his car burst into flames after it collided head-on with a four-wheel-drive vehicle about 1:00am.
Police said distraction might have been a factor in the horrific crash.
A 27-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman in the four-wheel-drive were taken to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane with non life-threatening injuries.
The Centenary Highway was closed for about nine hours after the crash while police examined the scene.
Also this morning, a 17-year-old man suffered critical head injuries when he was thrown from the back of the ute in north Queensland.
He was believed to be travelling in the tray with several other youthfull people.
Police are yet to lay any charges in that incident.
Many crashes involving youthful people ‘entirely avoidable’
Inspector Peter Flanders from Road Policing Directive said such crashes were fully avoidable and pleaded with youthfull motorists to take more care.
“It does upset police and emergency services individually when they see the trauma, but you can’t help over the years within yourself getting angry because there’s no need for it, it does not have to happen,” Inspector Flanders said.
“We absolutely can in a modern society have a zero road toll.
“But that doesn’t rely on better cars or better roads — that has something to do with it. What it actually relies on is people concentrating on the driving task.”
He said the road safety message clearly needed repeating for youthfull road users.
“The day you get your licence — that’s the day you embark learning, it’s not the day you have your freedom and you’re the best driver in the world,” Inspector Flanders said.
“With that privilege of a licence, comes immense responsibility.”
Inspector Flanders said passengers in cars also had a responsibility to ensure the driver was not dispersed and was alert.
“It can be as ordinary as the passenger just telling ‘Are you all right? Should we pull over for five minutes?'” he said.
“Or if the people in the back seat are carrying on a bit foolish, someone in the car needs to say ‘How about we all tranquil down a little bit so we don’t divert the driver’.”
Teenager killed in car collision on Centenary Highway, west of Brisbane – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Teenager killed in car collision on Centenary Highway, west of Brisbane
Updated August 26, two thousand seventeen 14:22:06
A 19-year-old teenager has been killed in a flamy car crash on the Centenary Highway in the early hours of Saturday at Ripley, west of Brisbane.
The youthful man was killed when his car burst into flames after it collided head-on with a four-wheel-drive vehicle about 1:00am.
Police said distraction might have been a factor in the horrific crash.
A 27-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman in the four-wheel-drive were taken to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane with non life-threatening injuries.
The Centenary Highway was closed for about nine hours after the crash while police examined the scene.
Also this morning, a 17-year-old man suffered critical head injuries when he was thrown from the back of the ute in north Queensland.
He was believed to be travelling in the tray with several other youthful people.
Police are yet to lay any charges in that incident.
Many crashes involving youthfull people ‘entirely avoidable’
Inspector Peter Flanders from Road Policing Directive said such crashes were entirely avoidable and pleaded with youthfull motorists to take more care.
“It does upset police and emergency services individually when they see the trauma, but you can’t help over the years within yourself getting angry because there’s no need for it, it does not have to happen,” Inspector Flanders said.
“We absolutely can in a modern society have a zero road toll.
“But that doesn’t rely on better cars or better roads — that has something to do with it. What it actually relies on is people concentrating on the driving task.”
He said the road safety message clearly needed repeating for youthfull road users.
“The day you get your licence — that’s the day you embark learning, it’s not the day you have your freedom and you’re the best driver in the world,” Inspector Flanders said.
“With that privilege of a licence, comes immense responsibility.”
Inspector Flanders said passengers in cars also had a responsibility to ensure the driver was not dispersed and was alert.
“It can be as plain as the passenger just telling ‘Are you all right? Should we pull over for five minutes?'” he said.
“Or if the people in the back seat are carrying on a bit stupid, someone in the car needs to say ‘How about we all peaceful down a little bit so we don’t divert the driver’.”
Teenager killed in car collision on Centenary Highway, west of Brisbane – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Teenager killed in car collision on Centenary Highway, west of Brisbane
Updated August 26, two thousand seventeen 14:22:06
A 19-year-old teenager has been killed in a flamy car crash on the Centenary Highway in the early hours of Saturday at Ripley, west of Brisbane.
The youthful man was killed when his car burst into flames after it collided head-on with a four-wheel-drive vehicle about 1:00am.
Police said distraction might have been a factor in the horrific crash.
A 27-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman in the four-wheel-drive were taken to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane with non life-threatening injuries.
The Centenary Highway was closed for about nine hours after the crash while police examined the scene.
Also this morning, a 17-year-old man suffered critical head injuries when he was thrown from the back of the ute in north Queensland.
He was believed to be travelling in the tray with several other youthful people.
Police are yet to lay any charges in that incident.
Many crashes involving youthfull people ‘totally avoidable’
Inspector Peter Flanders from Road Policing Guideline said such crashes were totally avoidable and pleaded with youthful motorists to take more care.
“It does upset police and emergency services individually when they see the trauma, but you can’t help over the years within yourself getting angry because there’s no need for it, it does not have to happen,” Inspector Flanders said.
“We absolutely can in a modern society have a zero road toll.
“But that doesn’t rely on better cars or better roads — that has something to do with it. What it actually relies on is people concentrating on the driving task.”
He said the road safety message clearly needed repeating for youthfull road users.
“The day you get your licence — that’s the day you commence learning, it’s not the day you have your freedom and you’re the best driver in the world,” Inspector Flanders said.
“With that privilege of a licence, comes immense responsibility.”
Inspector Flanders said passengers in cars also had a responsibility to ensure the driver was not dispersed and was alert.
“It can be as ordinary as the passenger just telling ‘Are you all right? Should we pull over for five minutes?'” he said.
“Or if the people in the back seat are carrying on a bit bimbo, someone in the car needs to say ‘How about we all tranquil down a little bit so we don’t divert the driver’.”
Teenager killed in car collision on Centenary Highway, west of Brisbane – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Teenager killed in car collision on Centenary Highway, west of Brisbane
The teenager was killed when his car collided with another vehicle and burst into flames about 1:00am.
ABC News: Terry Royan
A 19-year-old teenager has been killed in a flamy car crash on the Centenary Highway in the early hours of Saturday at Ripley, west of Brisbane.
The youthful man was killed when his car burst into flames after it collided head-on with a four-wheel-drive vehicle about 1:00am.
Police said distraction might have been a factor in the horrific crash.
A 27-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman in the four-wheel-drive were taken to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane with non life-threatening injuries.
The Centenary Highway was closed for about nine hours after the crash while police examined the scene.
Photo The car collided head-on with a four-wheel-drive vehicle.
Also this morning, a 17-year-old man suffered critical head injuries when he was thrown from the back of the ute in north Queensland.
He was believed to be travelling in the tray with several other youthfull people.
Police are yet to lay any charges in that incident.
Many crashes involving youthfull people ‘fully avoidable’
Inspector Peter Flanders from Road Policing Guideline said such crashes were downright avoidable and pleaded with youthfull motorists to take more care.
“It does upset police and emergency services individually when they see the trauma, but you can’t help over the years within yourself getting angry because there’s no need for it, it does not have to happen,” Inspector Flanders said.
“We absolutely can in a modern society have a zero road toll.
“But that doesn’t rely on better cars or better roads — that has something to do with it. What it actually relies on is people concentrating on the driving task.”
He said the road safety message clearly needed repeating for youthfull road users.
“The day you get your licence — that’s the day you commence learning, it’s not the day you have your freedom and you’re the best driver in the world,” Inspector Flanders said.
“With that privilege of a licence, comes immense responsibility.”
Inspector Flanders said passengers in cars also had a responsibility to ensure the driver was not dissipated and was alert.
“It can be as plain as the passenger just telling ‘Are you all right? Should we pull over for five minutes?'” he said.
“Or if the people in the back seat are carrying on a bit foolish, someone in the car needs to say ‘How about we all quiet down a little bit so we don’t divert the driver’.”
Teenager killed in car collision on Centenary Highway, west of Brisbane – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Teenager killed in car collision on Centenary Highway, west of Brisbane
The teenager was killed when his car collided with another vehicle and burst into flames about 1:00am.
ABC News: Terry Royan
A 19-year-old teenager has been killed in a flamy car crash on the Centenary Highway in the early hours of Saturday at Ripley, west of Brisbane.
The youthfull man was killed when his car burst into flames after it collided head-on with a four-wheel-drive vehicle about 1:00am.
Police said distraction might have been a factor in the horrific crash.
A 27-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman in the four-wheel-drive were taken to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane with non life-threatening injuries.
The Centenary Highway was closed for about nine hours after the crash while police examined the scene.
Photo The car collided head-on with a four-wheel-drive vehicle.
Also this morning, a 17-year-old man suffered critical head injuries when he was thrown from the back of the ute in north Queensland.
He was believed to be travelling in the tray with several other youthfull people.
Police are yet to lay any charges in that incident.
Many crashes involving youthful people ‘downright avoidable’
Inspector Peter Flanders from Road Policing Instruction said such crashes were fully avoidable and pleaded with youthfull motorists to take more care.
“It does upset police and emergency services individually when they see the trauma, but you can’t help over the years within yourself getting angry because there’s no need for it, it does not have to happen,” Inspector Flanders said.
“We absolutely can in a modern society have a zero road toll.
“But that doesn’t rely on better cars or better roads — that has something to do with it. What it actually relies on is people concentrating on the driving task.”
He said the road safety message clearly needed repeating for youthfull road users.
“The day you get your licence — that’s the day you embark learning, it’s not the day you have your freedom and you’re the best driver in the world,” Inspector Flanders said.
“With that privilege of a licence, comes immense responsibility.”
Inspector Flanders said passengers in cars also had a responsibility to ensure the driver was not dissipated and was alert.
“It can be as plain as the passenger just telling ‘Are you all right? Should we pull over for five minutes?'” he said.
“Or if the people in the back seat are carrying on a bit stupid, someone in the car needs to say ‘How about we all tranquil down a little bit so we don’t divert the driver’.”